Roman Inquisition
Noun
Meaning
an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants
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Examples
it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial
17th century traveler and author, John Bargrave, gave an account of his interactions with the Roman Inquisition.
The Pope and the Heretic: The True Story of Giordano Bruno, the Man who Dared to Defy the Roman Inquisition, p. 7. Perennial, New York, 2002.
Luigi Firpo lists these charges made against Bruno by the Roman Inquisition: Luigi Firpo, Il processo di Giordano Bruno, 1993.
Of these, only Bruno was executed, the last by the Roman Inquisition.
Retrieved 2012-08-26 Arguably the most famous case tried by the Roman Inquisition involved Galileo Galilei in 1633.